Saturday, October 3, 2009

#28) AL JACKSON

An original New York Met drafted from the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1961 Expansion Draft. Al Jackson was a starter for the first four seasons. His 43 career Mets wins were a franchise record until Tom Seaver passed the mark in 1969. Jackson was traded with Charley Smith to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ken Boyer on October 20, 1965. Only to return to New York following the 1967 season in a trade for Jack Lamabe. Al was part of the 1969 "Miracle Mets" team, but was sold to the Cincinnati Reds in June and therefore not with the club to end the season. Jackson now serves as a pitching coordinator with the New York Mets minor league system.

Al Jackson signed this card from a mail request sent to his home address on December 22, 2008.

1 comment:

awesome site man! some collection if i say so myself! Ill be checkin back here alot, and those custom shea stadium cards look great! Also, I was wondering if you could share Al's home address, because I would like to try and get his autograph too. thank you and lets go mets!

PROJECT STATUS

Current Count of 712 of 791 players.

90.0% Complete

( 7 -Special Moment cards)

Project started in October 2008.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The New York Mets and all their fans bid farewell to a major part of their history at the close of the 2008 baseball season. Shea Stadium had been our summer home for 45 years. So many memories were built there by the 790 players that appeared in a game for the Mets during that time. In celebration of that I created a set of handmade cards featuring each one of these men. My design was done in such a way as to allow an autograph to be included. I am now in the process of having each one signed by those players. This blog will feature the cards as I get them completed. I hope you enjoy following my progress and reliving the careers of these great men that will always be our Mets.

ABOUT ME

I am a lifelong New York Mets fan that grew up in the midwest. I have followed the club and it's rich array of characters throughout the years. Perhaps the most special of which are the "one game" appearances. These men each have a terrific story and honor the legacy of the great Archibald "Moonlight" Graham.
As an autograph collector of the Mets team I will be posting my successes here as well. The focus of my collection is to add a signed baseball card for each man to appear in a game for the Mets. I will be posting examples of these here.